Generator, tone mixer

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OBJECT TYPE
N/A
DATE
1965
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1986.0010.001
MANUFACTURER
NRC, Elmus Lab
MODEL
TMG-X13-1
LOCATION
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
1
Total Parts
3
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
NON-FERROUS METAL CASING IN FERROUS METAL RACK/ METAL CONTROLS & WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC KNOBS, METER CASINGS, & WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length
48.3 cm
Width
30.0 cm
Height
57.8 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Communications
Category
Music
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
NRC
Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
City
Ottawa

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Quebec
Period
1965 +
Canada
AN UNIQUE INSTRUMENT DEVELOPED BY PIONEERING CANADIAN ELECTRONIC MUSIC COMPOSER & INSTRUMENT DESIGNER DR. HUGH LE CAINE OF NRC, & BUILT AT NRC. IT WAS USED AT THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY ELECTRONIC MUSIC STUDIO, THE SECOND SUCH FACILITY INCANADA, OPENED IN 1964.
Function
AN ELECTRONIC MUSIC INSTRUMENT CONSISTING OF THIRTEEN OCILLATORS WITH INDIVIDUAL PITCH & AMPLITUDE CONTROLS, USED TO PRODUCE COMBINATIONS OF SINE TONES WITH PITCHES & VOLUMES WHICH COULD BE ADJUSTED BY THE COMPOSER.
Technical
LIKE THE EARLIER OSCILLATOR BANK, THE TONE MIXTURE GENERATOR WAS USED TO PRODUCE SINE CLUSTERS OF A PARTICULAR SONORITY. LE CAINE CONTINUED TO EXPERIMENT WITH METHODS TO SIMPLIFY THE USE OF SINE TONES BY COMPOSERS.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
.1-.2 PLATES READING 'TONE MIXTURE GENERATOR/ TMG-X13-1'/.3 RED & WHITE PLATE READS 'REGULATOR/ POWER SUPPLY/ MODEL UPM-3 SERIAL NO. 740/ REDULE/ OUTPUT +-3 VDC, 2A/+-12 VDC, 2A POWER DESIGNS INC./ FIVE VOLT ADJ./ PAT PEND'/ BLACK PRINTED CONTROL FUNCTIONS
Missing
From CA of 03/10/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish
RACK & CASING PAINTED MEDIUM GREY ENAMEL/ METALLIC & PLATED PARTS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC
Decoration
N/A

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NRC, Elmus Lab, Generator, tone mixer, 1965, Artifact no. 1986.0010, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0010.001/

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